Israeli embassy blast: No suspect found yet

New Delhi: The investigating agencies are yet to identify any suspect in the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy, a source said on Sunday, but stressed that all angles were being covered in the probe. They said the material used in the bomb will be known after the report of the forensic science laboratory.

The investigating agencies are yet to identify any suspect in the minor blast near the Israeli embassy.

Meanwhile, two days after the blast, APJ Abdul Kalam Road was opened for the general public. The Delhi police has covered the blast spot with a white coloured tent to preserve the place of the incident.

The police also faced some challenges as most of the CCTV cameras were not functional at the time of the incident.

Sources said that the material used in the bomb will be ascertained after the report of the forensic science laboratory.

However, according to sources, the possible material of the bomb could be PETN, “HI-Watt” 9 volt battery, ball bearings.

Earlier, the special cell of the Delhi police had received such input regarding some untoward incident around a month ago and it wrote a letter too to the top brass officials that the property of Israel was on the radar of unknown persons/suspected terrorists or their enemies.

The letter also read that the special cell had inputs that citizens of Israel, who live in India, could also be targeted.

The intelligence officials had given a letter to the Israel embassy that there could be a threat. In fact the threat could be all over the world, sources claimed.

Three international flights were put on hold immediately after the blast took place because last time, in 2012, when a diplomat was attacked with a sticker bomb the suspect had run away abroad, sources said, adding that the agencies have also met Mossad officials and have shared details.

According to the sources, the investigating agencies are probing the matter from all angles. However, no suspect has been identified yet.

The letter, which was recovered from the spot, was addressed to the Israeli ambassador and referred to the deaths of two Iranians.

The letter, which was written in English, mentioned the names of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed in a US airstrike and Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who played a crucial role in Iran’s nuclear programme and was assassinated near Tehran in November 2020.